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mandare al diavolo

English translation: to tell someone to go to hell

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Italian term or phrase:mandare al diavolo
English translation:to tell someone to go to hell
Entered by: Barbara Cochran, MFA

17:16 Jan 6, 2018
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Idiomatic Expression
Italian term or phrase: mandare al diavolo
Mi dispiace, ma non c'è nessun contesto.


mandare al diavolo


Molte Grazie,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 10:07
tell someone to go to heck
Explanation:
This is the meaning.
Selected response from:

Marco Solinas
Local time: 07:07
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6tell someone to go to heck
Marco Solinas


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
tell someone to go to heck


Explanation:
This is the meaning.

Marco Solinas
Local time: 07:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patrick Hopkins: Or as Colonel Sherman T Potter would say, "h - e - double hockey sticks"!
2 mins
agree  Shabelula: ie. l l Patrick Hopkins?
18 mins
agree  Lisa Jane
31 mins
neutral  Sarah Thompson: I would also say to tell someone to go to hell. It says 'al diavolo', not 'a quel paese' which is the euphemistic form, like 'heck'
3 hrs
agree  Rachel Fell: or to go to blazes; in the UK we'd use "hell" rather than "heck"
5 hrs
agree  JohnMcDove: Agree with the meaning, but not understated, using "hell" instead of "heck". What the heck! ;-)
9 hrs
neutral  Lara Barnett: I do not know "go to heck".
13 hrs
agree  writeaway: heck wouldn't be used here. there are actually many ways to express this in English. But apparently there is no context!! Maybe it's just a vocabulary exercise
16 hrs
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